Gratiola. diandria monogynia. 137 



3. G. alata. R. 



Annual. Leaves petioled, ovate, serrate-dentate. Racemes 

 terminal. Calyx five- toothed, and five-winged. Sterile fila- 

 ment free. Capsule linear, hid in the calyx. 



A native of the Moluccas, is one of the largest of our Indian 

 Gratiolas,mu\ readily known by the five large membranace- 

 ous wings which run the whole length of the calyx. 



4. G. involucraia. R. 



Leaves unequally petioled, round-cordate, with large 

 rounded lobes, many-nerved, serrulate, villous. Flowers 

 collected into long peduncled, bracted heads. Sterile fila- 

 ments free. Capsule hid in the villous, gibbous, five-toothed 

 calyx. 



This species is also a native of the Moluccas. 



5.G. rolundifoUa. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 103. Cor.pl. 

 3. N. 204. 



Annual, erect. Leaves sessile, round-cordate, serrate-den- 

 tate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves. 

 Capsules globular. 



A native of moist places, appearing and flowering during 

 the wet and cold seasons. 



Stems erect, four-sided, from four to six inches high. Leaves 

 opposite, sub-sessile, round-cordate, serrate, or notched, a 

 little hairy. Flowers axillary, or between the leaves, white. 

 Peduncles \ongcr than the leaves. Corol ; stamens and stigma, 

 , as in the foregoing species. Capsules round, as high as the 

 calyx. 



6. G. inteyrifolia. R. 



Annual, while young straight, afterwards straggling, four- 

 sided. Leaves sessile, ovate, three-nerved, entire. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, axillary, one-flowered. Capsules the length of 

 the calyx. 



Tsjanga-pupum. Rheed. Mai. 9. t. 57. 



